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Telegram P., No. 2 F., dated (and received) the 9th August 1915.
From— Major F. B. Prideaux, C.I.E., His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan
and Kain,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla (repeated to Meshed and addressed to lehran).
Please refer to your telegram No. 46.
I have constantly spoken to Persian officials in the sense of the instruc
tions contained in Your Excellency’s message of June 17th. The remark
which ends my telegram No. 67 of the 1st instant^was unfortunate and was due
to the fact that 'when I told the Deputy Governor and the Karguzar that two
Vice-Consuls were being sent to Kain, they replied that from the Russian
Vice-Consul they had no hope of any satisfaction but expected a true report
would be given by Mr. New. Monsieur Romanovski has never, as Your
Excellency knows, exchanged even official visits with either of these Persian
' officials. I have always worked my hardest for harmony. It is, I presume,
my duty to continue to submit reports of any stories for which there
appears to be some foundation in truth about indiscretions of the Russians, but
I shall understand that no action will, as a rule, be taken by Your Excellency
on them. Possibly some representation may be made by the Finance Depart
ment to you regarding the treatment meted out at Kain to their Amin Maliyeh.
I therefore mention now that I was informed yesterday by the Russian Vice-
Consul that the Cossacks had pursued the Manager out of the town, because
a large quantity of German gold was believed to have been carried away by
him in his two saddle bags.
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Telegram P., No. 3 F., dated (and received) the 9th August 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Sistan,
To Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Sistan (?) reports that letters from Mullas who had gone trading to Kerman
have arrived (at) the fanatical village of Bunjar to the effect that Germans
have enlisted them at 35 tomans per mensem and that on their arrival in
Sisian Germans will enlist many more Bunjar men. With the German party
at Kain there were two Bunjar Mullas, traders.
They had been engaged as guides at Tabas. By the orders of the
Governor they have been arrested at Mud. Mr. New has just arrested at
Kain a Sistani camelman who was also employed by Germans.
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Telegram P., No. 4 F., dated (and received) the 9th August 1915.
From—M ajor F. B. Prideaux, C.I.E., His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan
and Kain,
T 0 The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart'
ment, Simla.
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Vice-Consul.